It is starting to look as if West Ham striker Dean Ashton could be forced to retire from the game at just 25-years-old.

The former Norwich forward broke his left ankle while training with the England squad in 2006 and has been unable to recover from the injury.

Hammer boss Gianfranco Zola had this to say on his situation: "When something like this happens, it is very much personal.

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Columbus loses 4-2 on aggregate to Real Salt Lake. It was a great season, boys. Maybe not Massive, but not anything to be ashamed of.

None of us expected this, no one thought it was possible. The Crew always performs under pressure. Columbus always gets the clutch goal or Jesus-save that it needs to stay alive.

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Huckerby waves goodbye to MLS?

A rough season for the San Jose Earthquakes only got worse with the news that star midfielder Darren Huckerby was lost for the season after undergoing hip surgery last Friday. The Newcomer of the Year winner in MLS last season, and a player San Jose hoped would lead a dynamic attacking offense in 2009, was limited to just 14 appearances in an injury marred season.

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Fraser Forester has joined League One club Norwich City on loan for another month, after Rovers failed to agree financial terms with Newcastle United for their star young goalkeeper. Fraser Forster - switches to the Canaries The 21-year-old 6′6″ talented goalkeeper has spent a month with Bristol Rovers, after joining them from the Tyneside club at the [. Click to continue reading...

MSL in such a pathetic state it badly needs a revamp
ERIC SAMUEL
NO wonder the Super League is being labelled the Super Flop.
On May 23, only 11 fans paid to watch UPB-MyTeam FC play out a drab 0-0 draw with Police in a Super League match.
This is the pathetic state of affairs of the Malaysian Super League (MSL), which will be going into its seventh season next year. Click to continue reading...

Can you imagine being sacked after just one full week in you're new job? You would have thought it would take something deadly severe to be shown the door before you've even managed to get feet under the table. So, how must Bryan Gunn have felt last weekend having been shown his marching orders last week as manager of Norwich City.

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*The English sack race bagged after just ONE game??? League One Norwich have fired their coach Bryan Gunn after 90 minutes of the new league season, a 7-1 home hammering by Colchester. Here are the Canaries in better days beating Bayern Munich at the Olimpiastadion in the 1993 UEFA Cup with an all-British eleven. Click to continue reading...

Canaries boss Bryan Gunn made five changes from the side that lost 7-1 to Colchester on Saturday and it seemed to do the trick with Grant Holt spearheading the attack scoring a hat-trick and helping Norwich City to a morale boosting win over fellow League One outfit Yeovil Town.

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Things go from bad to worse to unbelievably awful!

Norwich slumped to a huge defeat as Bryan Gunn's Championship return bid began in utterly disastrous fashion.
Keeper Michael Theoklitos missed his punch to hand Kevin Lisbie Colchester's first, and Clive Platt finished into an unguarded net three minutes later.

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It's been clear for quite a while that Andriy Shevchenko will leave Stamford Bridge this summer and even though the Ukrainian striker was linked with the return to Dynamo Kyiv, the latest reports are suggesting he could join Fenerbahce after all. Player's manager is negotiating the transfer with Turkish giants but we are yet to see if Sheva will choose Fener over his Dynamo.

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29-year-old defender, Michael Nelson, who signed with the Canaries on a Bosman free transfer recently, is really impressed with his new club stadium. Speaking with BBC Radio Norfolk, Nelson noted:

"When you come and look around the place, it sells itself. This is a massive club with one of the best stadiums in the Championship, let alone League One.

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A sad day personally for me yesterday, as I watched my team, Norwich City, fall without a whimper into a League One. And it was painful.Excruciating to bear witness too, I was standing with 3,000 other NCFC fans, as we watched our team capitulate to a side already relegated to League One, Charlton. We lost 4-2, though that doesn‘t tell the entire story. Click to continue reading...

Championship
It was an exciting finish to the Championship season. Wolves had already clinched the league championship, but the second automatic promotion spot, the fourth playoff spot, and the third relegation spot were up for grabs. Birmingham clinched automatic promotion and second place with their 2-1 win over reading.

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Who can forget April 9, 2005 when then English Premier League strugglers Norwich City Football Club toppled mighty Manchester United 2-0? Since then the Canaries have lingered in the English Football League Championship and are now fighting to avoid the drop to League One. Yesterday, Norwich City FC unveiled their new 2009-11 Aviva away kit at [. Click to continue reading...

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Back on the pitch, it's Norwich tonigh...Although would be nice if other clubs and newspapers stopped referring to QPR's great wealth - because it's certainly not apparent how the money of QPR's wealthy owners makes QPR rich.
Norwich Official Site ROEDER READY FOR RANGERS
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Arsenal Reserves will play Championship side Norwich City at Carrow Road in November after the Canaries withdrew from the Football Combinations League East. Neil Banfield's side have agreed to bring along a side on Tuesday, November 18, with the game taking place at 7.30pm. "Other opponents are being sought for fixtures in the next few months as [. Click to continue reading...

Taken from the Star in Malaysia
Thursday July 31, 2008
Kedah expect James to honour his contract
By RONNIE OH
GEORGE TOWN: Kedah expect wantaway hot-shot Marlon Alex James to play on until his contract ends on Aug 31.
Kedah team manager Datuk Othman Aziz said he expects all his players, both local and foreign, to honour their contracts. Click to continue reading...

Date: 24/07/2008, Source: Malay Mail
SUPER LEAGUE and FA Cup champions Kedah showed no mercy when they annihilatedPenang 6-2 at the Darul Aman Stadium in Alor Star yesterday.SUPER LEAGUE and FA Cup champions Kedah showed no mercy when they annihilated Penang 6-2 at the Darul Aman Stadium in Alor Star yesterday. Click to continue reading...

It's that time of the year when lots of new football kits are being released in readiness for the new season, and SPAOTP will be bringing them all to you very, very soon - never fear.
In the meantime, we'd like to conduct a short interactive survey on a not dissimilar topic - that of football kits. Click to continue reading...

After last night's impressive performance away at Gillingham, Boro are again on the road tomorrow night when they face Hitchin Town at Top Field. The Canaries, managed by former Stevenage striker Darran Hay, have begun pre-season well after they beat crisis club Luton 4-1 on Monday night. With QPR on Saturday I expect the Boro team will be more of a [. Click to continue reading...

Wait, you thought those Fernando Torres to Chelsea rumors were finally dead? Think again.

The Daily Star one of the most reputable news sources in all the known
world says Roman Abramovich is willing to lift £85 million from his money bin in Duckburg and drop it over Anfield.

For the sake of argument, lets say there's at least a little truth hidden somewhere inside this monstrosity of an article.

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From VitalFootball.co.uk (click here for the original):
Canaries defender Gary Doherty has ended speculation on his future by signing a new two-year contract at Carrow Road.The 28 year-old defender was rumoursed to be headed stateside to join MLS outfit San Jose Earthquake, but is happy to be staying in Norfolk. Click to continue reading...

Just had this short video e-mailed to me from YouTube. It tickled me greatly!
As an Ipswich Town fan I can't sympathise enough with asking why I put myself through the pain and frustration that we experience.
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